>> russia is a signatory of thef vienna document, and i wish i could say i'm surprised, but considering the egregious misdeedsover the russian federation over the last few months unfortunately this appears to be another escalation. and the tensions we are seeing, those would not be happening without the russian involvement. and now we have situation of hostage taking, and it underscores how critically important it is for russia to stop being destructive and start being constructive. >> have osce observers seen anything to show that russia has been doing anything to be constructive? i know angela merkel spoke to vladimir putin ta told him they needed to do something. >> they are doing absolutely nothing good and everything bad. and as you said last week in geneva there was an off-ramp offered to the russian federation. this was a chance for them to put their actions behind their words. and the agreement outlined very concretely some initial steps towards deescalation, and the ukrainian government snapped in to action immediately, took many steps within 24 hours, they introduced a new amn